044, gossip, bad habits
"Depending on your whole body temperament, you must be from a big city!" a woman said.
"But I haven't heard that the family in Li team has relatives from the city. The people in our villages are all native rural people, except for the educated youth who were assigned to the team." Another woman said in confusion.
Another young woman also asked, "Are you here to visit the educated youth?"
In the concept of four people, there are no one except educated youth who can visit relatives from the city to the village. But at present, I have never heard of the educated youth who have visited relatives in the countryside. Generally, people in the city are unwilling to visit relatives in the countryside.
The three villages are next to each other, and naturally they have contacts due to their mutual kinship. No matter which team is in the situation, they are known. If there are relatives in the city, it will definitely be a hot topic.
"No, Sister Jing is here to visit Brother Gao, a soldier who is recuperating in our team." Li Xiaomei answered the doubts proudly, so as not to make random guesses. Brother Gao is an excellent and honorable soldier, and is not comparable to those educated youth.
Li Xiaomei didn't know these women, so she had only been to the town two or three times. She would know and remember the people. Apart from the village's second production team, the other villages were not very familiar with each other, and they had never been there!
"Soldier? Gao? Which production team do you belong to in Dajing Village?" a woman in gray asked with a puzzled look.
"We are Team Li." Li Xiaomei answered.
One of the young women with round faces asked curiously: "Soldiers? Are there any soldiers in your production team? Why do you come to your team to recuperate?"
"Brother Gao was injured in a battle. I don't know very well why. I just heard that there was no spare house for Team Wang, so it was placed on our Team Li." Li Xiaomei said frankly. This was also what she said to her parents for a few words, so she didn't know the specific reason.
"That's a pity. My leg was injured, and it must be very serious. I was placed in our countryside for rest. I guess there is no hope of returning to the army." Another young woman with big eyes sighed regretfully.
Seeing that Li Xiaomei had answered, Jing Qingxin was too lazy to talk. Besides, she didn't know much. It seemed that he didn't want to mention Gao Shen's family, and she didn't want to ask more questions.
"Brother Gao's legs are much better. Sister Jing is here to treat Brother Gao's leg injuries. Brother Gao will definitely be able to return to the army!" Li Xiaomei retorted with an unexpected look. Brother Gao has an extremely tall image in her mind, and she doesn't want anyone to say that.
When Jing Qingxin saw Li Xiaomei's expression was low, she couldn't help but feel happy. She didn't expect that this little girl was still a fan! Yet, soldiers of this era are very popular, not to mention that they are so tall and handsome.
"I didn't expect you to be aware of medical skills, girl! That's amazing!" the young woman with round face exclaimed.
"You know a little, but you're not very proficient!" Jing Qingxin said with a smile.
Then, Jing Qingxin sat quietly beside the car and enjoyed the pastoral scenery. Fortunately, the weather has become warmer now, otherwise the cold wind would blow on her face, and the ox cart would not be covered by a carport or other things. How painful the skin would be!
Jing Qingxin was having fun in her heart, and the four women beside her chatted with each other even more happily. Yes, they were all women!
Jing Qingxin whispered to Li Xiaomei and realized that in this rural area, unmarried women all have two braids, and married women are just holding them, while most people in the city are short, similar to those of students' heads, or just one braid, but they do not distinguish their identities as in rural areas.
Although Jing Qingxin had probably learned about it before and knew that in the decades, they generally got married very early, and were both at the age of fifteen or sixteen in the countryside, Jing Qingxin was surprised and looked at the two young girls, both of whom were not very old, only about seventeen or eighteen years old. But from the content of their chat, I learned that they were all mothers of children.
"Sister Jing, do you have an engagement?" Li Xiaomei leaned close to Jing Qing's ear and asked in a low voice.
"Don't scare me, I'm in my youth and haven't even enjoyed my great years yet. How could I add restraint to myself so early!" Jing Qingxin said with a mouthful of disapproval on her face. She was not the idea of this era.
Of course, she did not reject marriage, but felt very disliked and deeply sighed about arranged marriages, baby marriages, child brides, even business, and exchange marriages in this era!
She has seen many records in history books in this regard. How many innocent women’s youth and even lives have buried in such marriages? Isn’t the biggest victim of such marriages a woman!
"Sister Jing is so beautiful and capable, there must be many people coming to the house to marry him!" Li Xiaomei said jokingly with a righteous expression.
Jing Qingxin couldn't help but chuckled and said, "You little girl, how old are you, just talking about getting engaged. Why? Could it be that your family has already engaged you, right?"
Hearing this, Li Xiaomei's cheeks were flushed, her face was shy, she lowered her head slightly, and said in a low voice: "I'm not a little girl, I'm sixteen."
Looking at Li Xiaomei's shy appearance, I couldn't help but be surprised, right? She started getting engaged at the age of sixteen? She was still studying at the age of sixteen! Of course, the times are different, and the age standards are different.
Although in her era, eighteen years old only represented a formal adult and was still young, due to the particularity of her family, the environment and experience of growing up, her and her brother's character was forged early, so she was naturally a few years older than her peers.
"Aunt Li Uncle Li, you have already been engaged to you? Do you agree?" Jing Qingxin couldn't help but hold Li Xiaomei's hand and asked afterwards.
"Not yet, but my mother said that we can start seeing each other this year and we can handle it next year." Li Xiaomei red face and replied in a low voice.
Jing Qingxin breathed a little relieved and said, "Xiaomei, you are still young, don't worry! Marriage is equivalent to a woman's second rebirth, so you must be cautious."
"Well, I understand, Sister Jing." Li Xiaomei answered in a low voice. Although she didn't understand very well, she believed what Sister Jing said was for her good!
While everyone was chatting, the ox cart finally arrived in Anzhen slowly and stopped under a big tree on the roadside at the entrance of the town. Jing Qingxin finally saw a two-story building, although there were only two or three buildings.
"Have you said yes, gather here at 11 o'clock! If you haven't arrived, the old man won't wait!" Mr. Zhou reminded the six people on the ox cart.
Everyone responded, and then walked out of the ox cart with their hands and feet, holding their own items.
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Chapter completed!